April 30, 2021 Astera Labs and Avery Design Partner on CXLTM 2.0 Verification for Smart Retimer Portfolio to Improve Performance in Data-Centric Applications Astera Labs Aries Smart Retimers resolve signal integrity issues for high-performance server, storage, cloud and workload optimized systems Avery PCIe and CXL Verification IP enabled Astera Labs to get to market faster Tewksbury, MA., April 28, 2021 — Avery Design Systems, a leader in functional verification solutions, today announced that Astera Labs, a pioneer in connectivity solutions for intelligent systems, successfully used Avery’s Compute Express Link™ (CXLTM) 2.0 and PCI Express® (PCIe®) 5.0 Verification IP (VIP) and services in developing its Aries Smart Retimer portfolio.